AUDITION NOTICE: Casting the role of SAMANTHA in “What Do They Become?” a new play accepted into the 2015 VENUS/ADONIS THEATER FESTIVAL at The Cabrini Repertory Theater
Location: Central New Jersey
Type: Theater
Thank you for your interest in auditioning for the role of Samantha in What Do They Become? a new play by Jared Kelner. What Do They Become? has been accepted into the 2015 VENUS/ADONIS THEATER FESTIVAL at The Cabrini Repertory Theater at 701 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10040 and will be performed on January 6, 7 & 10.
To receive a copy of the play, click the link below or email jared@jaredkelner.com.
https://jaredkelner.sharepoint.com/Pages/whatdotheybecome.aspx
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION FOR SAMANTHA
• Early 20s. Race/Ethnicity is irrelevant.
• Sensual. Seductive. Raw. Damaged. Manipulative. Cunning, Clever, Powerful, Co-Dependent, Empty
• Relationships to other character: Vinnie’s girlfriend, Alan’s seducer, Danielle’s motivation
AUDITION DATES, TIMES, LOCATION
• Thursday August 28th at 7pm and Thursday September 4th at 7pm at the East Brunswick Cultural Arts Center at 721 Cranbury Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
• Callbacks Tuesday September 9th at 7pm at the East Brunswick Cultural Arts Center at 721 Cranbury Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
SELF-TAPED AUDITION OPTION
- You can self-record your audition, post the video online and email the URL link to Jared Kelner at jared@jaredkelner.com. For the self-taping option, please record the following:
- 1-2 minute dramatic monologue
- 1 or 2 scenes from the play What Do They Become?
- You should read on camera as Samantha and record it in a standard 2T framed shot & have a 2nd reader off camera read as Alan, Samantha or Vinnie
- Be sure to email your headshot, resume and contact information as well if you choose this option
- Callbacks will be in person on Tuesday September 9th at 7pm at the East Brunswick Cultural Arts Center at 721
AUDTION DETAILS
Please prepare a 1-2 minute dramatic monologue and also be prepared to read scenes from What Do They Become?
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
- You must be available for all performance dates, including the tech rehearsal the morning of January 6th and a potential 4th performance in early April if What Do They Become? is selected as a finalist. (This will also require brush up rehearsal time)
- The festival only allows non-Union & non-Equity actors. If you are in the union, you would not be able to be cast.
- You must have transportation and be willing to rehearse in NJ without the requirement to be reimbursed for travel. Rehearsal locations will fluctuate between Clifton, East Brunswick and Plainsboro & potentially a 4th location in NJ (close to your home) in order to help evenly distribute the travel time for everyone involved.
- Rehearsals will be scheduled based upon the casts availability and have the potential to take place weekday nights and some weekends. We will be as flexible as possible to make accommodations as requested.
PRIZE MONEY
In addition to the VENUS/ADONIS THEATER FESTIVAL being a play festival, it is also a competition with significant price money.
IMPORTANT DATES
The dates assigned for What Do They Become? are as follows:
TECH REHEARSAL:
January 6 from 8am to 1pm
SHOW PERFORMANCES:
January 6 @ 9pm – Tuesday
January 7 @ 6:15pm – Wednesday
January 10 @ 7pm- Saturday
After all of the plays are done, the best 6 to 8 plays will be selected by the Thespis jury as nominees for Best Play. Along with audience members, three judges from outside of the festival will also attend a 4th performance on a date To Be Determined for a performance in early April.
PLAY SYNOPSIS
Alan and Danielle have been married for 18 years. He has been unfaithful, again. She drinks. But their marriage is salvageable, so they think, by becoming Foster Parents. By bringing a child into their lives, they hope to turn back the clock to a time when they loved each other. Samantha and Vinnie are not who they appear to be and through their deranged behavior and manipulation of Alan and Danielle, they become vigilante guardian angels to the helpless foster children lost in a broken system. What do they become, the babies who no one loves? “Me,” says Samantha.
REHEARSAL DETAILS
Rehearsals will take place periodically in September & October based on availability, then more regularly in November, December (excluding the Christmas break) and January. We will likely meet once or twice per week, and more as the performance date arrives. Actors are also encouraged and permitted to get together on their own outside of rehearsal dates to work on their scenes.
For playwright & Director Biographies, please click the link below
https://jaredkelner.sharepoint.com/Pages/whatdotheybecome.aspx
CONTACT INFORMATION
Jared Kelner
Mobile: 732-266-7156
Email: jared@jaredkelner.com
Payment: Non Paid
City or Location of call: Central New Jersey
Please submit to: jared@jaredkelner.com by 2014-09-04
This casting notice was posted by: Jared Kelner
